A couple years ago I had the privilege of interviewing Ann Voskamp about her then-newly released Advent book, The Greatest Gift. Ann was full of wisdom and truth, but one…
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This week the women’s ministry at my church began a video series that accompanies Lysa TerKeurst’s new book Unglued: Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions. I was…
In 2008 I wrote a two-part blog post about the Christian dating practice of sleeping over but not having sex. The first was called “Sleeping Over: The Latest Trend in…
Earlier this week I had a fascinating conversation with some friends about how much honesty is helpful in a dating or marriage relationship. For instance, how much should a dating…
This weekend my church had a guest preacher named Dr. Dan Allender, a psychologist, who spoke on the topic of intimacy. He preached out of Genesis 1-3 and raised an…
Last night Ike and I got to have dinner with one of our single guy friends, and over the course of the meal the conversation drifted to the topic of…
One of my greatest joys in life is to hear from former students or young women that I have led in the past. After our paths diverge, I sometimes wonder…
One of the common complaints about Christians today (often by other Christians) is that we’re fake. As the indictment goes, no one is being “real.” Words like “honest” and “authentic”…
In my last post I explored the thinking behind women who would rather hang out with men than women. As the logic goes, women are too dramatic, emotional, boring, etc….
This weekend marked 3 months since Ike and I got married. And an awesome 3 months it has been! We’ve had a ton of fun together, but we’ve also learned…
